Volcanoes of Auckland

New Zealand Auckland - the largest city in the country. Together with its suburbs, agglomeration is inhabited by about 1.4 million people. Incidentally, this is one third of the entire population of New Zealand. But the uniqueness of Auckland's not just that.





It turns out that this city - the only one in the world, which is located on a basalt volcanic area, which is still active. However, all five dozen volcanoes that are located within the city are considered extinct. That volcanoes and recognized the main attraction of Auckland. Most volcanoes in Auckland located at a distance of 20 kilometers from the city center. Some of the craters were filled with water to form a lake. A hundred years ago, all the volcanoes of Auckland received protection at the legislative level.











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